The recently released iMovie ‘09 is designed to work with the latest tapeless camcorders that record using AVCHD format, there are a wide range of Canon flash memory camorder record video in AVCHD format including Canon HF10, Canon HF11, Canon HF20, Canon HF21, Canon HF 100, Canon HF200, Canon HFS10, Canon HFS11, Canon HFS100 that iMovie ‘09 supports. However, sometimes, we still meet some problems due to additional compatibilities. For example, importing footage from a Canon camcorder into iMovie ‘09 that was filmed in Digital Cinema Mode or 24p may cause jittery playback.

Video Converter Mac is the enhanced software designed for Mac users to import Canon AVCHD to iMovie. It enables Mac users to convert the AVCHD format produced by Canon flash memory camcorder like Canon HF10/HF11/HF20/HF21/HF100/HF200/HFS10/HFS11/HFS100 to iMovie ‘08/iMovie ‘09/iMovie HD compatible MP4, MOV, DV, HDV format for some professional editing.

How to import Canon AVCHD to iMovie ‘09/iMovie HD on Mac OS X?

1.Free Download and install the trial version of Video Converter Mac, run it.

2.Load AVCHD video files from Canon flash memory camcorders with the program.

3.Set output format and output path.
Select iMovie supportable MP4, MOV, DV, HDV as the output format from the profile drop-down list and specify a destination on your Mac to store the output files

4.Apply “Trim” effect.
Trim Canon AVCHD camcorder video footage to select your favourite video clips to be converted by setting the starting time and end time.

5.Import AVCHD to iMovie ‘09.
After the conversion process from AVCHD format to iMovie MP4, MOV, DV, HDV, you can import Canon AVCHD to iMovie for some distinctive editing.